Ball in and out of play

Ball in and out of play - 9th of the Laws of the Game of association football. Article “Ball in and out of play” in English Wikipedia has 15.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 3 references and 4 sections.

This article has the best quality in Greek Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Ball in and out of play”, its content was written by 48 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 136 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 131 times in English Wikipedia and cited 373 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #62847 in November 2022
• Global: #64759 in May 2013

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #93936 in December 2022
• Global: #87491 in December 2022

There are 13 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Greek (el) Η μπάλα εντός και εκτός παιχνιδιού		24.6594
2	Malay (ms) Bola masuk dan keluar dari permainan		22.9878
3	Swedish (sv) Bollen i spel och ur spel (fotboll)		18.2817
4	Vietnamese (vi) Trạng thái bóng trên sân		17.8713
5	English (en) Ball in and out of play		15.4285
6	Turkish (tr) Topun oyunda ve oyun dışı olması		12.8053
7	Romanian (ro) Mingea în joc și afară din joc		11.3423
8	Croatian (hr) Lopta u igri i izvan igre		5.6971
9	French (fr) Loi 9 du football		5.295
10	Serbo-Croatian (sh) Lopta u igri i izvan igre		4.874

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Ball in and out of play" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Ball in and out of play		341 774
2	French (fr) Loi 9 du football		85 869
3	Vietnamese (vi) Trạng thái bóng trên sân		84 521
4	Turkish (tr) Topun oyunda ve oyun dışı olması		81 036
5	Indonesian (id) Bola masuk dan keluar dari area lapangan (sepak bola)		52 816
6	Ukrainian (uk) М'яч у грі та поза грою		25 908
7	Croatian (hr) Lopta u igri i izvan igre		19 845
8	Romanian (ro) Mingea în joc și afară din joc		12 569
9	Swedish (sv) Bollen i spel och ur spel (fotboll)		11 850
10	Greek (el) Η μπάλα εντός και εκτός παιχνιδιού		11 359

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Ball in and out of play" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Ball in and out of play		1 328
2	Turkish (tr) Topun oyunda ve oyun dışı olması		221
3	Romanian (ro) Mingea în joc și afară din joc		116
4	French (fr) Loi 9 du football		91
5	Vietnamese (vi) Trạng thái bóng trên sân		82
6	Indonesian (id) Bola masuk dan keluar dari area lapangan (sepak bola)		74
7	Ukrainian (uk) М'яч у грі та поза грою		50
8	Greek (el) Η μπάλα εντός και εκτός παιχνιδιού		48
9	Swedish (sv) Bollen i spel och ur spel (fotboll)		43
10	Malay (ms) Bola masuk dan keluar dari permainan		37

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Ball in and out of play" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Ball in and out of play		48
2	French (fr) Loi 9 du football		31
3	Vietnamese (vi) Trạng thái bóng trên sân		10
4	Croatian (hr) Lopta u igri i izvan igre		9
5	Ukrainian (uk) М'яч у грі та поза грою		9
6	Arabic (ar) الكرة خارج الملعب		6
7	Romanian (ro) Mingea în joc și afară din joc		6
8	Turkish (tr) Topun oyunda ve oyun dışı olması		6
9	Greek (el) Η μπάλα εντός και εκτός παιχνιδιού		3
10	Serbo-Croatian (sh) Lopta u igri i izvan igre		3

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Ball in and out of play" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) الكرة خارج الملعب		0
2	Greek (el) Η μπάλα εντός και εκτός παιχνιδιού		0
3	English (en) Ball in and out of play		0
4	French (fr) Loi 9 du football		0
5	Croatian (hr) Lopta u igri i izvan igre		0
6	Indonesian (id) Bola masuk dan keluar dari area lapangan (sepak bola)		0
7	Malay (ms) Bola masuk dan keluar dari permainan		0
8	Romanian (ro) Mingea în joc și afară din joc		0
9	Serbo-Croatian (sh) Lopta u igri i izvan igre		0
10	Swedish (sv) Bollen i spel och ur spel (fotboll)		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Ball in and out of play" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Ball in and out of play		131
2	Arabic (ar) الكرة خارج الملعب		39
3	Romanian (ro) Mingea în joc și afară din joc		28
4	French (fr) Loi 9 du football		26
5	Turkish (tr) Topun oyunda ve oyun dışı olması		25
6	Ukrainian (uk) М'яч у грі та поза грою		24
7	Vietnamese (vi) Trạng thái bóng trên sân		23
8	Greek (el) Η μπάλα εντός και εκτός παιχνιδιού		21
9	Swedish (sv) Bollen i spel och ur spel (fotboll)		19
10	Croatian (hr) Lopta u igri i izvan igre		15

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic الكرة خارج الملعب
el	Greek Η μπάλα εντός και εκτός παιχνιδιού
en	English Ball in and out of play
fr	French Loi 9 du football
hr	Croatian Lopta u igri i izvan igre
id	Indonesian Bola masuk dan keluar dari area lapangan (sepak bola)
ms	Malay Bola masuk dan keluar dari permainan
ro	Romanian Mingea în joc și afară din joc
sh	Serbo-Croatian Lopta u igri i izvan igre
sv	Swedish Bollen i spel och ur spel (fotboll)
tr	Turkish Topun oyunda ve oyun dışı olması
uk	Ukrainian М'яч у грі та поза грою
vi	Vietnamese Trạng thái bóng trên sân

Best Rank

English: #93936 12.2022

Global: #87491 12.2022

Best Rank

English: #62847 11.2022

Global: #64759 05.2013

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